ning. The octagonal
stone spire has angles rounded by tori, with a small gable with thin
columns in the extension of each opening. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-011]
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027. Breville. The Romanesque gate in the south base of the tower, with
a semi-circular arch formed by a grain molded by a torus followed by a
chamfer carved with slightly visible saw-teeth. The archivolt is a
thick band adorned with saw-teeth in high relief carved with a hollow
row of triangular sticks. The archivolt rests on the right on a stone
carved with a human head, while disappearing on the left into the
masonry of the nave. The central keystone of the arch is adorned with a
large human head carved in high relief. The capitals baskets of the
attached columns are carved with two angle hooks. The two human heads,
carved in a limestone, didn't resist well to the test of time, as well
as the angle hooks. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-012]
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028. Breville. Sketch of the Romanesque gate in the south base of the
tower. Sketch by Marie Lebert.
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029. Breville. Above the Romanesque gate in the south base of the
tower, a human head carved in a limestone didn't resist well to the
test of time, unlike the heads carved in granite in the south gate of
the church of Yquelon. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-013]
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030. Breville. The Romanesque gate in the south base of the tower. The
archivolt topping the semi-circular arch rests on a granite stone
carved with a human head. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-014]
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031. Breville. A Romanesque modillion carved with a human head, under
the cornice. Most other modillions, more recent, are plain and only
chamfered. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-015]
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032. Breville. A Romanesque modillion carved with a human head, under
the cornice. This modillion is above the bay of the second row of the
nave. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-016]
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033. Breville. The choir (inside). Its ribbed vault is from the late
15th or early 16th century. The tiles of the second row of the choir
are from 1863. The floor of the first row is covered with schist
pavings from Beauchamps laid in 1969. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-017]
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034. Breville. The nave (inside). Its wooden ceiling was replaced by a
plaster ceiling in 1852. The door and the large bay visible in the
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